Gavin O'Connor
Biography
Gavin O'Connor is an Irish actor who was born in Cork and trained at Trinity College Dublin's Samuel Beckett Centre. His professional stage debut came at Dublin's Olympia Theatre in Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome in 1994, and he first appeared on screen in the film The Informant in 1997. He appeared in Dorothy Mills (2008) and in The Tudors as the younger Earl of Shrewsbury. On television he has played Seán Doherty in the RTÉ drama Charlie, Patrick Pearse in the PBS production The Bloody Irish, and Mackin in Taken Down. Blink, his first film as writer, actor and producer, was nominated in the world competition at Montreal's World Film Festival. He has also voiced animated series such as Galactik Football and computer games including Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, and published a novel, MOJO, in 2019.
53years old
Turns 54 on December 17in 37 days
- Born Cork
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 18 years2000 to 2018
Every film, newest first
- 2018Don't GoIMDb rating 5.2
- 2008Dorothy MillsIMDb rating 6.0
- 2005Turning GreenIMDb rating 5.4
- 2000Mad About MamboIMDb rating 5.9
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First role
In September 1994, Gavin O'Connor began his professional acting career with Pat McCabe's Loco County Lonesome, performed at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin.
Behind the camera
Blink, which O'Connor wrote, produced and acted in, earned a World Competition nomination at the Montreal World Film Festival. It was his first film.
Beyond film
As a voice-over artist, O'Connor voiced Kian Alvane, one of the lead characters in the computer game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey.
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Worked with
Gavin O'Connor made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Brian Cox's page
Colm Meaney's page
Stephen Dorff's page
Timothy Hutton's page
Alessandro Nivola's page
Gary Lewis's page
Agnès MerletDirector, 1 film, 2008
All films by Agnès Merlet
All films by John Forte
David GleesonDirector, 1 film, 2018
All films by David Gleeson
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